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Culture shapes society and society shapes culture, which in turn affects how culture will continue to shape society and vice versa. Although the study of culture is multidisciplinary, it is inarguable that culture is social in nature.

Raymond Williams explains in his Keywords that ‘culture’ is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.’(1). There are countless definitions and different disciplines point to different definitions as being ‘official’.’

Culture helps societies develop religious, moral, normative, aesthetic and cognitive meanings. Cultural sociology does not study so much institutions that we define as being cultural but more so the dimension that permeates through every aspect of social life.(1)

In sociology, culture and the dynamics of cultural construction and diffusion are studied in the context of social interaction.(1) Those who study sociology of culture aim to empirically show how much culture matters relative to other variables that account for sociological phenomenon.(1) This phenomena includes but is not limited to criminal regulation of sex, women’s economic advancements, racial political participation and social movements.(1)

Today, those who study the sociology of culture posit that culture is expressed and negotiated almost entirely through explicit social constructions or products.(1) The ‘new’ sociology of culture deals largely with various types of recorded culture and represents a number of distinct and dependent subfields.(1) These include science, entertainment, technology, knowledge, relgiion, media, popular culture and the arts as well as culturally orientated approaches to history, politics, organizations, etc.

In just about any circumstance in life, one has the potential to experience culture shock, either on a small or large scale. Think about a culture shock scenario that you had at any point in your life. Examples of culture shock that are appropriate for this assignment can include migrating to a new country, going on vacation,

What is theory and why does it matter on a personal and societal level?
Why does theory have a bad reputation?
What is public sociology and how can one engage in it?
What is the difference between performance-oriented and learning-oriented students?
What is humanistic sociology?
What is conscientization?
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Here is a link to photos of Suburban youth trying to emanate the Urban Youth. These are comical photos each has a caption. In many ways this is very sad. Please comment on them in the discussion area for extra credit. Here is the link: http://heavy.com/comedy/2012/06/the-20-worst-suburban-gangsta-fails-aight/
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Students will identify and select a target city and conduct an investigation. City of Choice is Houston Texas
Students in this research assignment will identify both the strengths and the weakness of the targeted city. The focus of this paper is to conduct research on the needs, resources, and problems of a targeted city a

Identify three contemporary social forces that influence family stability. Imagine that you can see into the future to the year 2020. How do you think the impact of these three forces will be manifested by that time? What would need to change in society to alleviate the stresses that impinge on the family in 2020?
Please prov

1. What forms can sexism take in the workplace? What "sex-typing" takes place in occupations in the United States? What is meant by the term glass ceiling? Please explain and give examples to facilitate the responses to each question
2. What does research show about the division of labor between men and

1. Summarize the findings of anthropologist Margaret Mead regarding cultural conditioning and gender roles.
2. What are the functionalist, conflict, symbolic interactionist, and feminist views on stratification by gender?
3. What distinctions are made by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales in term

1. Distinguish among prejudice, ethnocentrism, and racism. Distinguish between (individual) discrimination and institutional discrimination and give an example of each concept. Define color-blind racism and explain why many believe it is a form of covert racism.
2. What are hate crimes? Give some examples. To what extent are

1. Discuss and illustrate the four types of nonconforming behavior presented by Robert Merton in his theory of deviance.
2. Describe Edwin Sutherland's approach to deviance, which draws upon the interactionist perspective. In what ways does Edwin Sutherland's approach to criminology draw upon the signifi

1. Discuss the procedures in, and conclusions to be drawn from Stanley Milgram's experiment on obedience to authority. How did Stanley Milgram explain the high rates of compliance found in his obedience experiments?
2. Explain Travis Hirsch's control theory. Distinguish between informal and formal social c

Research a specific cultural group with which you are unfamiliar.
Describe some of the characteristics that make this a cultural group.
Give specific examples of how members of your chosen culture experience prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.
Identify strategies you could use to practice cultural competency with t

language as a cultural competency that needs to be respected and accommodated in the same manner as cultural beliefs and practices.
Approximately 600 words.
1. Identify a situation you were involved with where language was a problem.
2. Describe the situation: who was involved, what was at stake, and what was the outcome

Need 350 words
• What is the definition of socioeconomic status? What factors are measured to determine SES?
• What does socioeconomic status mean to you? What do you perceive your status to be at this time? What was the status of your family when you were a child?
• How did this impact your educational experiences

• What do you define as "old"?
• What are your family's beliefs about aging?
• If an elder in your family needs care, whose responsibility is it to provide that care? How do you determine who holds that responsibility (e.g. eldest sibling, most financially stable, etc.)?
• Does your perception differ from your pa

I chose to write a paper about how social influences affect people living with social anxiety. With that being said:
•How do social behavior theories and research provide a framework for topic?
•How do social behavior theories and research apply to topic?
•How do social behavior theories and research apply to work as a

Models of cultural diversity:
• Assimilation (includes Melting Pot and Accommodation)
• Pluralism (includes Separatism)
• Multiculturalism
3-4 paragraphs in which you compare and contrast the models of multiculturalism
1) Write a story or example illustrating each model. The goal is to show that you understa

Please help with the following problems.
1. Describe one dominant and one minority group to which you belong. Explain why you classify each of these this way.
2. Name one subculture and one counterculture. Did you participate in any of the subcultures mentioned in this lesson? Who do you think categorizes a group as a count

Write a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) in response to each of the following. 2 other references
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1. Provide two definitions of culture, and then identify 3 cultural groups to which you belong. Based on the definitions you provided, why do you consider each of those a culture?
2. Select one, and describe some of its cult

Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment and Reaction
Read the following article on the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment at the following link: http://www.policefoundation.org/content/kansas-city-preventive-patrol-experiment-0
Based on your readings, address the following:
- This study is repeatedly referred to as

Which one of the following do you like best: Cooley's Looking-Glass Self, W.I. Thomas' "Thomas Theorem," or Goffman's Dramaturgy? You can use any theory to compare and contrast your choice. Just be sure it is clear which one is your pick. Be sure to discuss in detail why you like the theory that you picked. Provide some exampl

Using George Herbert Mead's The Genesis of the Social Self, The "I" and the "Me.," and Mind Self and Society address the following:
2a. What is a personality? Where does a human get a personality from? Compare and contrast what you see as a personality with what Mead was talking about in his theories.
2b. How did Mead

Please refer to Peter L. Berger's and Thomas Luckmann's, The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise its the Sociology of Knowledge, which is provided in the attached document.
Is there an example of anything that is not a social construct? What examples that you can think of that are not social construct? Also, what doe

1.Discuss the development of governmental responsibility for the poor as it historically evolved in the United States. How did the changing definition of worthy and unworthy poor help to shape this development?
2.Select a period in American history that you consider to be of major importance to the development of social welf

Ethics in the workplace
1. You are the CEO of Acme Corp., a manufacturer of electronic components with annual sales of $500 million. Hanna uses the quote, "Every organization is perfectly designed to get the results it gets." Drawing on what you learned so far in this class, what will you do to the design of your organization t

Asian American families have been touted as a "model minority." What does this term mean? Stereotypes can be both true and false in some respects. In what ways is the model minority myth true, and in what ways is it false? You must use literature to support your claims; they cannot be based solely on your opinions.